Merchandise-exhibiting rack



(No Mor-lel.)

W. HIGH. :MERCHANDISE EXHIBITING RACK.

No. 462,082. Patented 061;.27, 1891.

r J l @291 able supportingrods, attachin C, provided, respectively, witha series of VILLIAM HIGH, OFv M ORRISON,`1LLINOIS.

MERHNDISEEXHIBITING RACK.

SJECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent'No. 462,082, dated October27, 1891. l Application filed June 13, 1891. Serial Ilm-396,112. (Nomodel.) 4

To @ZZ whom it may eolwerft:

Be it known that l, VILLIAM HIGH, a citizen-of the United States,residing at Morrison, in the county 'of Whiteside and State of Illinois,have invented certain new and useful Improvements inMerchandise-Exhibiting Racks; and l do declare the following to be afull,clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame, reference being had to the accom panying drawings, and totheletters and iigures of reference marked thereon, Whiehform a part ofthis specification.

My invention `has reference to certain devices intended for exhibitingin"an attractive manner samples.of merchandise on sale, and is adaptedto be placed in any conspicuous place, preferably a show-window.

My invention embodies, in addition to the supporting-standards,adjustable arms, mov g devices, and means for changing and adjusting theposition of the several supporting elements. V

In the drawings, Figure l is a front perspective of a machineembodying-my invention. Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the same. Fig. 3is a detail of the attachment of the transverse supporting-arms.

Similarletters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

A Aare two standards of suitable size having a broad base A and mutuallyconnected at different altitudes by cross-bars B B. 0n the side of thestandards A, respectively, are pivoted a Vertical seriesofadjustable-arms transverse openings l. The arms Care piv-` oted to thestandards A in such manner as to project a certain distance in the frontand rear of said staudards,but preferably having their greatestprojections toward the front. lhe arms C are also preferably projecteddiagonally downward at their front ends, so as to respectively partiallyuncover the members of the series next below.

D D are parallel wires inserted at each end, respectively, in a pair ofarms C in the same plane through the openings l of the latter. Each armC is provided with a longitudinal series of said openings l both beforeand behind the standards A, and the rods can he optionally shifted insaid openings, so as to adapt them for the special form of commodity tobe supported thereby. The rods Dare held by the arms C in the'horizontalposition to serve as supports for the samples of merchandise distributedthereon. For convenience and greatest practieability there should be atleast three of the rods D in each pair of arms() in front of thestandards A and one of said rods in the rear of said standards, althoughthe number of rods, like their distribution, may be optional. At andnear the point of attachment of the arms C to the standards A there areformed in each of said arms two or more transverse openings 2, and byshifting the screw 3, whichattaches the arms,

C to the standards A, optionally, in said openings 2, said arms may bepivoted forward or.'

back on said standards.

E is a vertical connecting-bar pivoted to the inner end of the upper andlower arms C and immediately pivoted to the intermediate arms C by meansof a togglearin F, 'which is pivctally seated at its lower end in any selected one of the vertical series of openings et formed transversely inthe bar E and extended upward and pivotally attached to the adjacent endof the attaching-arn1 C. By the provision of the toggle-arm F. each ofthe intcrmediate arms t) may be adjustedA across the face of thestandard A without reference to or interfering with the positionof theother arms to suit the Varying' conditions of use. One. orltwo of saidbars E can be used. The purpose of the connecting-bar E is"to secure auniformity of position of all of the armsO and to aid in coincidentlychanging the position, if desired, of` all of said arms.

Gr is a locking-rod rigidly attached at its lower end to the'base A",and having a bent rightangle' upper end 5, adapted 'to be inserted inany of the openings iii the connecting-bar E, and thereby hold andretain said bar and all of the arms in any prede tcrmined position.

Il i J K are respectively devices of variant formsconstructed ofspring-wire and provided at their rear ends with a downward hook L,adapted to engage any of the wires D back of the front one and to restat or neartheir forward extremities upon the forward vwire or wires D ofthe same pair of arms, and thereby support in a suitable position thesamples of merchandise lattached thereto. These devices may be ofvariant constructions to adapt them, respectively, to the specic form ofthe/article designed to be suspended or supported thereby.l

The advantages of my invention are that. it is1ight,simp1e, cheap, andcan be constructed in size proportionate to the space intended to beoccupied -by it. It affords means for uniformly and safely supportingthe diierent samples for exhibition, it. can be dressed or arranged inthe main body of the room, where there is sufficient space for the work,and can then be placed in the window or other locality. In case fimpending storm or dust or at night it can be readily ,withdrawn fromthe window or changed as a Whole to any location without disarranging orinterfering,r with its exhibits. The adjustability of the arms `VC bothlongitudinally and vertically and the wide range of variance of positionafforded What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by LettersPatentof the United States, isv 1. The combination of the standards A,bar E, arm C, transversely pivoted thereon and provided with openingsLrods D, adapted to be optionally attached to the rear ends otv armsstandards, connecting-bar E, pivoted directly to then pper and lower ofsaid arms, and t-)ggie F, pivot-ally connecting said bar E, and theintermediate arms C, substantially as shown, and for the purposedescribed In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

'ILLIAM HIGH.

